Jean Baptiste DANIS dit LAFRANCE

Born

15 March 1809 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

3 January 1874 , Montgomery, Vermont, USA

Jean Baptiste married Esther LAMBERT (LUMBRA) 30 October 1848 in Saint-David, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Esther LAMBERT (LUMBRA) was born 22 January 1827 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . Esther died 29 January 1911 in Montgomery, Vermont, USA. Esther was the child of Augustin LAMBERT and Marie-Anne TOUVELIN dite LARIVIERE .

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean Baptiste DANIS dit LAFRANCE

Jean Baptiste DANIS dit LAFRANCE married

Esther LAMBERT (LUMBRA)
Marriage date: 30 October 1848
Marriage place: Saint-David, Canada East

See marriage record for Jean Baptiste DANIS dit LAFRANCE and Esther LAMBERT (LUMBRA)
Esther LAMBERT (LUMBRA) was the child of Augustin LAMBERT and Marie-Anne TOUVELIN dite LARIVIERE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Jean Baptiste DANIS dit LAFRANCE and Esther LAMBERT (LUMBRA)

Harriet DONNA (DANIS)

Born: 28 February 1869, Enosburg, Vermont, USA
Died: 14 June 1900, Montgomery, Vermont, USA

Married: Frederick Daniel LUMBRA 2 February 1884 Place: Montgomery, Vermont, USA

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Jean Baptiste's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

What is a "dit/dite" Name?

When the first settlers came to Québec from France, it was a custom to add a "dit" nickname to the surname. The English translation of "dit" is "said." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1809
15 March 1809
Yamaska, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste DANIS dit LAFRANCE and Esther LAMBERT (LUMBRA) 30 October 1848, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

He was 39 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Birth of Child
Harriet DONNA (DANIS) was born 28 February 1869, Enosburg, Vermont, USA (Enosburg Falls)

Jean Baptiste was 60 years old.